>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Turoff <ziggy@panix.com> writes:
Adam> I do. The "organization large enough to devote a
Adam> significant amount of money" in this case is the Perl
Adam> community, casually estimated at 1,000,00 people worldwide.
And the only thing that many people can agree on is "money for Larry
Wall is a good thing." That is a "community of the dead obvious," not
an organization.
Organizations are for making decisions about things that 1,000,000
people do _not_ have a consensus about. Organizations are for
obtaining and convserving resources in the face of rivals who believe
_they_ have better claim on those resources. FSBs _are_ organizations
in that sense, so I think it's the relevant one here.
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